Commercial Administrator
Temporary Holiday cover
27th October 2025 for 3 weeks
Plymouth
About Us
A dynamic and growing construction / property-development company committed to delivering high-quality residential projects across the South West are looking for an Adminisrator to be part of our their commercial team.
This is a temporary role where you’ll support key functions that keep thier subcontractors, sales extras and agency workers running smoothly.
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The Role
You will step in as the Commercial Administrator to cover holiday absence, ensuring continuity of service across several commercial and administrative processes.
In this role you will:
- Receive and log all subcontractor invoices arriving via email; allocate them to the correct Team folder for the relevant Quantity Surveyor.
- Raise subcontract orders and ensure documentation is correctly filed.
- Log and redact Sales Extras / Finishing Touches documentation, then issue them to trades in a timely manner.
- Work with the Sales team and Quantity Surveyors
- Liaise with our agency providers: monitor deployment of agency workers, obtain internal authorisation and prepare orders or contracts
- Provide reception cover as and when required .
- Carry out other administrative duties to include spreadsheets, scanning/filing, general office support.
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What We’re Looking For
You will be a confident administrator with strong organisational skills, able to prioritise and keep track of multiple tasks in a busy environment. Specifically:
- Proven experience in an administrative or commercial support environment, preferably working with invoices, orders or agency / subcontractor processes.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Good communication skills — able to liaise with Sales, QS, agency providers, trades and other stakeholders.
- Strong MS Office skills (especially Excel and Outlook) and familiarity with shared drive / Teams folder systems.
- Flexible and adaptable — willing to pick up “other duties” to support the team cover period
Join a A friendly, supportive environment where your contribution will be valued during a key coverage period, this is a temporary role starting Monday 27th October for 3 weeks, training will be provided. Weekly pay and holiday included.
Plesse get in touch with Emma 01392 537018